Cunning authors cut to be quoted..

Say what you want without saying it yourself: quote. Very useful, this, sometimes lovely, and versatile, too: big thoughts in small pieces, neatly wr….

Like pollen on a honeybee, flattery clings to the things you tell yourself..

Ralph Keyes calls quotation collectors "quotographers," the men and women who gather catchwords, watchwords, war words, winged words, maxims, mottos,….

If you flatter yourself properly you will be better able to enjoy yourself. Stretch your joy so that others enjoy you too..

Quotology disdains no quotations whatsoever, a duty it bears stoutly, with bloodshot eyes and sagging shelves..

Quotations calcify into clichés..

In phrases as brief as a breath worldly wisdom concentrates..

Flatter yourself critically..

Quotologists encounter happy surprises, bright books by faded authors, treasures hidden under dust..

Quotation lovers love rare words..

[D]ifferent people have different quotational gravity..

Great quotation collections glean the millennia, distill essences, and battle for bragging rights about who’s bigger, who’s smarter, who’s best. Who-….

At its best, flattery is truth well dressed, and it is best dressed with fine see-through fabrics. Honest flattery can caress a lover, cover up a gaf….

Excellent flatterers welcome attentive audiences; mighty potentates enjoy public praise. In the most pleasing situation, a flatterer would genuinely ….

Misquotation is quotology’s swamp. Amateur quoters mix and mangle Shakespeare and Scripture. Professors gaffe and printers bungle. It’s a mess we mus….

Care for yourself enough to listen carefully to what you say to yourself..

Flattery.... gets its kicks by flirting with insult and ridicule..

Flattery works like a drug..

A little flattery, like a warm bath and soft towel, will let you get along with yourself, lie down with yourself, and sleep..

Quotations cause all kinds of trouble..